Ruth Dudley Edwards
Ruth Dudley Edwards | |
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| Born | May 24, 1944 Dublin, Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Alma mater | Girton College, Cambridge Wolfson College, Cambridge |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Parents | Robert Dudley Edwards |
| Relatives | Owen Dudley Edwards (brother) |
Ruth Dudley Edwards (born 24 May 1944) is an Irish Unionist historian and writer, with published work in the fields of history, biography and crime fiction, and a number of awards won. Born in Dublin, Ireland, she has lived in England since 1965, and describes herself as British-Irish. Her revisionist approach to Irish history and her views have sometimes generated controversy or ridicule. She has been a columnist with the Irish Sunday Independent, the Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph, and The News Letter.